Mortgage Rates

I feel like I’ve been going on and on about mortgage rates lately, but for good reason. After hovering at or near record lows for such a long period of time (it seemed indefinite), the party finally came to a ... Read More »

There’s been a lot of talk (and worry) that the higher mortgage rates of late might derail the apparent housing market recovery. After all, many believe the only reason things were improving was because of the ultra-low rates the Fed ... Read More »

Over the past couple weeks, mortgage rates have risen roughly 1% across the board. If you look at Wells Fargo’s mortgage rates, which I highlighted late last week due to their meteoric rise, you’ll notice the 30-year fixed is now ... Read More »

Mortgage Rate Armageddon continued this week, thanks mostly to the Fed and Mr. Ben Bernanke, who made it clear we will eventually have to fend for ourselves. Pundits already knew about a potential tapering of the Fed’s mortgage bond buying ... Read More »

A Yahoo! Finance blogger named Rick Newman claims Ben Bernanke cost him $53,000 on his recently acquired mortgage. The issue revolves around the latest testimony from the Federal Reserve boss, who revealed the Fed could taper purchases of mortgage-backed securities ... Read More »

Just about everyone knows mortgage rates have shot up rather dramatically recently. And now some of the major market players are actually addressing the matter, which seems a tad unusual. This morning, mortgage financier Freddie Mac discussed how 30-year fixed ... Read More »

Now that mortgage rates have gone absolutely haywire, per the latest data from Freddie Mac, I decided it would be prudent (and helpful) to create a “mortgage rate chart” that displays the difference in monthly mortgage payment across a variety ... Read More »

In a rather odd interview on CNBC Thursday, Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff said it’s “definitely a great time to sell,” despite the fact that home prices are expected to rise a fair amount in the near future. Funnily enough, back ... Read More »

To say the last couple weeks have been bad for mortgage rates (and consumers) would be an enormous understatement. In fact, over the past month mortgage rates on the ever fashionable 30-year fixed have risen nearly a full percentage point. ... Read More »

While the news is just starting to trickle in, over the next week or so you’ll be hearing a lot about how mortgage rates surged higher, and that the days of low rates are behind us. The mortgage rate surveys ... Read More »